Reply to "Pull out the MPC!"

I remember the CP boxcars were a sore point with a number of collectors ( you can read all about it on page 99 of Volume IV of the McComas and Tuohy Lionel Collector's Guide and History).  If you wanted the complete run you had the choice of either purchasing a number of sets or trying to find a dealer who would break up sets and sell you the individual car.  This was particularly true for the CP cars - in 1978 the Great Plains Express came with a CP in black with white lettering (9729) and in 1979 it came with a CP car in gold lettering (9417).